MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'grocery store'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862625&cid=t_141841_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fwhat-little-awesome-things-make-you-happy%2F One of my friends from blogland is Neil Pasricha, who has the wonderful site 1000 Awesome Things, where he lists, yes, awesome things! It always makes me happy to visit there. For example, some awesome things include: The Kids’ Table The smooth feeling on your teeth when you get your braces off Pulling a weed and getting all the roots with it That moment in the shower when you decide to make it a really long shower Letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number Sneaking cheaper candy into the movie theater Picking the fastest moving line at the grocery store checkout Coming back to your own bed after a long trip Neil has also written two books of awesome things, and the second one hits the shelves today: The Book of Even More Awesome. (Neil and I bond over Canada&... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862625 Wed, 25 May 2011 23:32:40 +0100 4862625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3915003&cid=t_141841_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fweight-loss-dos-and-donts-whats-in-your-grocery-cart%2F2010.08.29 I know it’s not politically correct to look at what other people buy at the grocery store, but as a physician I just can’t help noticing. Some carts contain huge containers of soda pop, Doritos, frozen pizza, and other packaged goods. I’m not surprised, because at the end of every isle is a display case that offers the giant soda for 89 cents or the Doritos on special for $1.29. With this type of marketing, it takes a strong person to resist the “bargain.” Yesterday the woman in front of me (overweight, middle-aged) had a strange assortment of goods that she probably thought would help her lose weight. She had several Weight Watcher-type meals, diet drinks, power bars, and lots of “light” items — “light butter,” “light cr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3915003 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3915003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2046915&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FDN0Djg95KF0%2F So yesterday I wrote “what comes around, comes around.” Siliconmom commented about this sentence, the last one in the post: Is that one of the stages of being an autistic parent - that at some point you realize and accept that life is what it is? For me, I would say, yes, very much, and that, too, hope starts with acceptance. Charlie was around 5 years old when I let go of feeling I had to save him from, and fight against, and do the warrior mom thing. I’m not saying I don’t have moments when a shadow of the old “fightin’ spirit” passes through me (pre-IEP meeting, for instance, or when you get The Stare-’n'-Shakes-Head Combo in the supermarket). Being Charlie’s mom is not about doing everything I can to “take the autism out of hi... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2046915 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:36:35 +0100 2046915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1442967&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F289908112%2F The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) coordinates research and efforts pertaining to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The IACC met this past Monday, May 12 in Washington, D.C. I had attended the November 2007 meeting and learned a great deal and was hoping to attend this May meeting. Jim had an event planed Monday night—-and then Jim heard that the event was (maybe) not going to happen, so I wrote a statement and submitted it and thought I might go, and then Jim heard that the Monday event might happen. Our Mother’s Day weekend was busy and a bit intense at times and I found myself one moment looking up train tickets on Amtrak and the next realizing that it was Sunday night and I hadn’t planned far en... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1442967 Wed, 14 May 2008 04:10:09 +0100 1442967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1386101&cid=t_141841_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F274201849%2F The past few months have proven to bring the largest price increases in food in recent years and we are all felling the crunch. I know for my family of five we spend approximately $700-$800 a month at the grocery store- we eat a lot of produce! For many diabetics the choices are fairly limited at their local grocer and when the prices go up and their budget doesn’t, they start cutting corners and that is when problems begin. Here is a list of tips that may help you stick with your ‘healthy diabetic’ food choices at the store- and won’t break the bank… 1. Buy boneless packs of meet that are ‘family’ size and separate them into smaller packets when you return home. 2. But large cottage cheese or yogurt containers and then split them into smaller indi... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386101 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:32:11 +0100 1386101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198011&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F228404901%2F “…there might be a deeper meaning to the series as a whole. This is something I touched upon on my own post for today (autism and spirituality–maybe they’ll get that angle right). wrote one commenter after watching ABC’s new legal TV drama, Eli Stone: In reading responses and commentary on the show, I’ve been struck at how often people have talked about faith—a New York Times editorial about the show is entitled Eli Stone’s Overleap of Faith—and stating that they appreciate the show because it brings other topics into the discussion about autism. While the court case that Stone successfully argues involves vaccines and “mercuritol,” a stand-in for thimerasol that is claimed to have caused a child to become autistic, it is matters o... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198011 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:15:47 +0100 1198011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1197554&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F228154918%2F A certain TV show about a certain lawyer and a certain hypothesis about what causes autism dominated autism discussions this week, for better or for worse—-when I talk about autism, I’m thinking of a very real boy, my son Charlie, and not so much about a fictional TV character. My real boy’s week was more of a struggle than has been usual. And then, this evening as we stood in the checkout line at the grocery store, a teenage clerk in the next aisle said “his tooth’s on the floor!” and sure enough, there was Charlie bending over to pick up a large molar (which he tried to put back into his mouth, on the lower right). Things have been a little more peaceful easy feeling ever since—Charlie’s been saying “pull loose tooth” for the pa... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1197554 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:36:58 +0100 1197554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149869&cid=t_141841_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fmaking-friends-in-the-battle-of-cancer-true-story%2F Every now and then I get that sinking feeling that comes from remembering that cancer will continue to be a threat to my life. Today was one of those days. After a short time of letting it haunt me I decided to give it less power by taking some of my power back. So while shopping for groceries after work I know I gave the impression of a strange woman as I muttered to myself to choose wisely when selecting foods. It was with these thoughts of continued vigilance against cancer that I entered a lane to check out. When it is a little slow, I make small talk with the person behind me in line; it’s a habit that I have not been able to break. Being an adult with experience in engaging strangers, I am also aware of who to engage and who to avoid, and that doesn’t fail me. So if you are going... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149869 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:25:35 +0100 1149869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1111950&cid=t_141841_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F204254827%2F The story I wrote for Home Biz Notes, My Mother, The Country Grocer, won this round of the b5 Business Channel’s “Apprentice” type challenge.  This week we were to tell the prototype business owner, Kay, a success story.  (I referenced here about it in the Alzheimer’s Notes post, A Life Before Alzheimer’s - Mother, The Country Grocer.) I chose to relate the story of my mom, who influenced many people throughout her years as a country grocer, and hoped this would inspire Kay and others.  As I wrote about Mother, I realized (as I said in one of my comments at the Home Biz Notes post): I think we all can find inspiring stories within our families. I hope, with this story, I encourage others to look at their lives and the people they know. Someone, somewhere h... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1111950 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:56:38 +0100 1111950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=996561&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismvox.com%2Fgrowing-strong-and-helping-out%2F Feeding teenage boys is one of the greatest rushes a home cook can have because they are starving right this minute. Even when they haven???t just run 15 miles. They???re also more than willing ??? bless their hearts ??? to look the other way if a dish is less than perfect. (My husband and I used to joke that if we put Tabasco sauce on a floor tile, they???d wolf it down and want another.) Once they turned 15 and 11, I made two pounds of spaghetti with pesto every Friday afternoon, just for snacks. By Sunday night, the pasta was gone. Every weekend. Writes Alex Witchel in the October 31st New York Times in Serves 10, or 2 Teenage Boys, in which she notes the vast and seemingly unlimited qualities of food that teenage boys can put away: pounds of meet, 24 chicken breasts (that’s for o... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=996561 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:37:51 +0100 996561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=970117&cid=t_141841_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F173382430%2F It was a long time ago that Charlie was able to sit in the front of a shopping cart; it has also been sometime since I was able to lift him into the front seat and maneuver his long legs around the metal bar. Grocery shopping was a simpler matter in those days when Charlie (who also did not talk much, or seem to notice too much—he was still 3 and under) was stuck in his perch on the cart. Now he can help himself to ice cream, or sushi, and he is tall enough to reach for the kind of relish he wants. I don’t have time to shop when he is in school as I’m at work and there is too much to learn at the grocery store: Identifying foods and household items; navigating the crowded space of the supermarket while pushing a cart or carrying a basket; “staying by mom”; wai... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=970117 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:32:40 +0100 970117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=508494&cid=t_141841_136_f&fid=35332&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouainthearditfromme-rice.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Freward-two-missing-ovaries.html I went for my sonogram at 5:00. Seeing doctors is so routine for me now that I actually just walk into the office stark naked. This saves me a lot of time and explanation if you catch my drift.Guess what else chemo can do? Make your ovaries shrink up so that they are not visible on a sonogram. Which only leaves me one choice, the dreaded MRI. Obviously I will try the stand up kind this time.The sono tech said I guess it's a good thing that we can't find your ovaries because if there was a big tumor we would see it.Driving home from this Dr. appointment I tried to cry. I feel like I have so much inside of me but it won't come out. So, instead of crying I wouldn't let the taxi guy merge into traffic on route 112. I showed him. (Source: You Aint Heard It From Me) You Aint Heard It From Me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=508494 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:20:00 +0100 508494